How To Clean Athletic Shoes

Remove the laces from your shoe. Laces can be subjected to tougher cleaning than the shoe itself, so you should remove your laces and clean them separately.

Pretreat laces with laundry detergent. For tough stains, you can begin by sprinkling a little bit of laundry detergent over the tough stains. Use your fingers to rub in the detergent before running it through warm water.

Wash your laces in a delicates bag. Laces can be run through the laundry machine, but if left loose they will wrap themselves around the other items in your laundry. Place laces in a delicates bag and then run on a normal setting.^[6]